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-born chef and food writer, specialising in Anglo-Indian cuisine. She was brought up in North West
London
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where she grew up surrounded by Indian culture, traditions and lifestyles. However, she spent several years of her childhood in India where she explored and experienced the vast and varied cuisines of the country. Malhi has come up with her own self-styled "Brit-Indi" style of food, which mixes Indian and Western influences.
Malhi came to prominence in 1999 when she won a competition to find a guest chef for the BBC's ''
Food and Drink
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'' programme and cooked with
Antony Worrall Thompson
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on the show. She was later invited back for a second appearance.
Manju's ''Simply Indian'' series was aired on the Taste Network in early 2001, and this was followed by her award-winning debut book ''Brit Spice'', published in 2002 by
Penguin Books
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The Terry and Gaby Show
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UKTV Food
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’s ''
Great Food Live
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'' and the BBC's ''
Saturday Kitchen
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History
2002–2003
After a pilot hosted by Ainsley Harriott on 14 April 2001, the ...
''.
In 2004 Malhi published a second book, titled ''India with Passion'', which covers regional Indian home cuisine, and a third, ''Easy Indian Cookbook'', was released in April 2008. She is also currently working on a 40-part series on British food for Indian broadcaster
NDTV
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.
Malhi also writes on Indian food for newspapers and magazines, and has provided voice overs for
BBC News 24
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,
BBC World
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and the
BBC Asian Network
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. While writing and researching for her books, she does live continuity announcing for BBC Two television, and is the voice of the
BBC Food
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channel. She also works with the VSO charity to promote their annual ''Big Curry Night'' campaign.